Abram J. Shuman
Abram J. Shuman, farmer, P. O Kent, Portage Co., Ohio, was born in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., December 31, 1814, son of Henry and Hannah (Johnson) Shuman, natives of Pennsylvania and New York respectively, who settled in Stowe Township (now in Summit County, Ohio), in 1834, where they cleared a farm and lived until their death. They were the parents of eight children: Abram J., Catherine (deceased), Nancy (Mrs. James C. Kelso), Erastas, William, Mary (deceased), Henry (deceased), and Eiias (deceased). Our subject settled in Brimfield Township, this county, in 1836, and was married November 29, 1840, to Sarah, daughter of Asa and Eunice (Bruce) Sawyer, who settled here in 1818. The issue of this union was ten children: Alvina (deceased), Albert, Alvina (Mrs. Peter Carline), Loretta (Mrs. J. Otis Nighman), Amelia (Mrs. Frank Maloy), Asa, Mary, Dora (Mrs. Adam Cline), an infant daughter (deceased) and Henry. Mr. Shuman has lived on the old Sawyer homestead since his marriage, and has held several offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885